Protesters clashed with police in cities across Turkey on Tuesday evening. The protesters were angry after the death of 15-year-old Berkin Elvan who got caught up in street battles between police and protesters while going to buy bread for his family last summer.
He was hit on the head by a tear gas canister suspected to have been fired by police. Berkin later slipped into a coma and died on Tuesday.
It is another pre-election headache for Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan, already battling a corruption scandal which has become one of the biggest challenges of his decade in power.
Police fired water cannon and tear gas at thousands of demonstrators.
Crowds chanted "government of Erdogan, government of corruption, resign resign" and "murderer Erdogan".
Earlier police broke up a crowd of more than two thousand students who blocked a highway to protest against Elvan's death.
Source: Euronews
